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Topic: Are there straight Drag Queens? (Read 30389 times)

A little late but finally caught the last season of RuPaul's Drag Race.I really enjoyed this season.

I was just wondering if there are any good straight Drag Queens out there. When I dated a drag queen, he took me to bars where there were all different styles of transvestites and he said a fair amount of them were straight guys.

One of the episodes on RuPaul had the "girls" dragging up some "jocks". Didn't say they were all straight jocks but that was the implication. One or two seemed to really enjoy it.

Also, I wonder if RuPaul could mix in a drag king or two (women doing men) with the drag queens - or would that make the weekly competitions too hard to conceptualize?

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A little late but finally caught the last season of RuPaul's Drag Race.I really enjoyed this season.

I was just wondering if there are any good straight Drag Queens out there. When I dated a drag queen, he took me to bars where there were all different styles of transvestites and he said a fair amount of them were straight guys.

One of the episodes on RuPaul had the "girls" dragging up some "jocks". Didn't say they were all straight jocks but that was the implication. One or two seemed to really enjoy it.

Also, I wonder if RuPaul could mix in a drag king or two (women doing men) with the drag queens - or would that make the weekly competitions too hard to conceptualize?

Right, female impersonators. But I suppose they aren't "drag queens" per se? I was just wondering if any young straight guys would consider themselves "drag queen" entertainers and be interested in a competition like RuPaul's show.

A couple of these guys have had children, if I am correct, so they were bi, but I don't remember anyone of them saying they were straight.

Most of them connect their gay sexuality pretty closely to their drag careers.

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“From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need” 1875 K Marx

Right, female impersonators. But I suppose they aren't "drag queens" per se? I was just wondering if any young straight guys would consider themselves "drag queen" entertainers and be interested in a competition like RuPaul's show.

A couple of these guys have had children, if I am correct, so they were bi, but I don't remember anyone of them saying they were straight.

Most of them connect their gay sexuality pretty closely to their drag careers.

I wouldn't call a gay man with a child bi. Just because you've had sex with a woman or women doesn't make you bi, considering all the gay men on these forums who've admitted to sleeping with women are for the most part patently gay. Anyway, a "straight drag queen" is what I would term a transvestite, they have no flare for the dramatic like drag queens they simply look like (in the words of "To Wong Foo") "a boy in a dress".

Exactly! There's the spirit. There's a guy like that in my town, married with kids, pushing 50. Pretty confirmedly bi - I have seen him in action with men and with women.

Just wondered if there were any young straight guys who could get into that Drag Queen showmanship. Or if there is something that makes it pretty much a gay phenomena.

It was directly in connection to RuPaul's show. What could keep it interesting for the future. I liked the way they spotlighted the gender fucking Raja and was pleased that she won, for her "fresh" take. Which isnt fresh at all since she herself says it comes from 90's club kid heritage.

Personally I thought the two other finalists were more talented and all around. And the more old style drag from "Central Florida", Alexis Mateo, was the most charming and likeable.

« Last Edit: May 16, 2011, 02:56:55 PM by mecch »

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Who's talking about you dear. You're not a cross dresser. Nor interested very much in them I would imagine.

The guys on RuPaul who had kids, so I guess they were "bi". That better for you. Quotations. you need that? They don't. fluid identity dearie.

blah blah blah

One of the drag queens on the show who had a kid said he was gay, not bi. He just wanted a kid. Are lesbians that have a kid bi? Better question is what's up with gay guys who date drag queens dearie? Paging doctor Freud.

He was gay, and a drag queen. Drag Queens are a unique group of people. Since most are gay, I don't see how any gay person could have an issue with gay people dating drags. You're trying to stir up off topic controversy? Besides, they are fierce and fascinating people to date.

What's wrong with spring- autumn? What's wrong with S/M coupling? I had a roommate for a year, his boyfriend locked him to the radiator every weekend.

So do you think its possible to have a straight guy interested in being a drag entertainer? And if so, why not one in competition on RuPaul? Would spice it up a bit more than Raja.

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“From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need” 1875 K Marx

Love drag queens. Some of my best friends were drag queens. However most of the people they dated were tragic. Trying to soak up some of their glitter by carrying around their makeup and clothes. Devoid of personality, willing to do anything for a little attention.

Yeah, I noticed that too, though they weren't big enough to entice me...

But you gotta love a man in a dress tho, I never had the balls to do it, I was just too dam BUTCH, and could NEVER pull it off, I also had several Drag Queens as BF's, but that in no way doesn't mean that they aren't men by any means......I had one of my old DQ- BFs tell me before, "I'm more man than you'll ever need, and more woman than you could ever want" well, he wasn't lying about that one

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But you gotta love a man in a dress tho, I never had the balls to do it, I was just too dam BUTCH, and could NEVER pull it off, I also had several Drag Queens as BF's, but that in no way doesn't mean that they aren't men by any means......I had one of my old DQ- BFs tell me before, "I'm more man than you'll ever need, and more woman than you could ever want" well, he wasn't lying about that one

Oh I've put on a dress before, but it was total booger drag. I was NEVER confused as a woman... especially with a full beard!

Who's talking about you dear. You're not a cross dresser. Nor interested very much in them I would imagine.

The guys on RuPaul who had kids, so I guess they were "bi". That better for you. Quotations. you need that? They don't. fluid identity dearie.

blah blah blah

No dearie..... you miss the point. your post seemed to state that because they had kids, they must be bi. I was merely saying that this isn't true. Having kids does not make a gay man bi-sexual. It makes him a gay man who had sex with a woman for one reason or another, my reason was because I was 14 and didn't want to be gay (of course, one could also have a kid without ever having had sex with a woman too.....).

So.. I know you weren't talking about me, but you were seeming to make a gross (and incorrect) generalization.

No dearie..... you miss the point. your post seemed to state that because they had kids, they must be bi. I was merely saying that this isn't true. Having kids does not make a gay man bi-sexual. It makes him a gay man who had sex with a woman for one reason or another

THANK YOU I think he understands now, @ least I hope meehie does

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HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Does Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage count? He's straight. But Dame Edna is a stage character, not a way of life. Or is she?

This topic comes up just in time to mention Esprit 2011, the Northwest's Premiere Transgender Convention, in Port Angeles, WA, May 15-22! It's a Big Tent event welcoming everyone from transsexuals to cross-dressers!http://www.espritconf.com/I've attended briefly, but only as part of the band. It's a surreal Glen or Glenda? experience -- quite a few straight men in drag with their wives and children attending.

Meehie dear, I'm talking about RuPaul or Lady Bunny Drag Queens the out & proud gay ones, not the str8 ones, I do not support any str8 drags, and never have , and yes there is a difference when I grew up in S.F as a young gay man, I don't remember any str8 drags, only LGBT ones, I'm not saying that str8 drags don't exist, but that is NOT my sexual orientation, as far as being a gay man, drag queens and gay leather is...

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Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP

Meehie dear, I'm talking about RuPaul or Lady Bunny Drag Queens the out & proud gay ones, not the str8 ones, I do not support any str8 drags, and never have , and yes there is a difference when I grew up in S.F as a young gay man, I don't remember any str8 drags, only LGBT ones, I'm not saying that str8 drags don't exist, but that is NOT my sexual orientation, as far as being a gay man, drag queens and gay leather is...

I'm trying to figure out if straight drags exist. I'm with you in thinking it must be rare. I guess we are all in agreement that straight "cross dressers" and straight "transvestites" are not what we define as "drag queens"? Or more importantly, would not define themselves as such?

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